Hile ü hud’a: Deception, Dissimulation and Manipulation of Information in 16th-century Ottoman Empire
Hile ü hud’a: Deception, Dissimulation and Manipulation of Information in 16th-century Ottoman Empire
Author(s): Emrah Safa GürkanSubject(s): Diplomatic history, Military history, 16th Century
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: information-gathering; intelligence; Ottoman-Habsburg rivalry; disinformation; deception; dissimulation; espionage; decision-making
Summary/Abstract: This paper engages in methods of deception, dissimulation and manipulation that the Ottoman Empire employed in the 16th century. It demonstrates how the Ottomans misled their enemies in realms of diplomacy and warfare by feeding them with tailored information. They did not only successfully hide the target of their military preparations from enemy spies and foreign ambassadors, but also resorted to disinformation in order to manipulate diplomatic negotiations. Moreover, Ottoman commanders employed a number of tricks and ruses in order to gain the upper hand on the battlefield.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 72/2019
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 437-454
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English
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